Posted 6/3/2008 by Geffen
Check out this video interview with Tom Delonge on MTV's Buzzworthy Studios. Tom talks about the guitar riff that got him started in music as well as his new documentary and the new AVA album.
» buzzworthy.mtv.com
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AVA reviewed in Boston Globe
Posted 2/15/2007 by Suretone
Tom Delonge on AVA and their new album. The resulting tracks, which DeLonge describes as "cinematic," are a collection of overblown guitars and echoey vocals. Each song comes in at more than four minutes, which is almost double the length of most blink tunes. The themes here are deeper, too. Opener "Valkyrie Missile" -- which DeLonge explains was named after a nuclear warhead-wielding missile in the Cold War -- talks about destruction leading to something beautiful (the end of blink-182 making way for Angels). "Distraction" tells the story of finding love in the midst of war, and "A Little's Enough" is a daydream about God fixing the entire world in a day.
-BOBHANKINSON, Boston Globe
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AVA reviewed in Las Vegas Review Journal
Posted 2/15/2007 by Suretone
"Whereas Blink-182 was all about instant gratification with heart-racing, immediate pop tunes, Angels is more about the delayed pay-off, with songs that slowly build into sweeping crescendos with little emphasis on economy.
Lyrically, DeLonge no longer sings of the perils of teen romance like he once did almost exclusively. Instead, he pens more galvanized anthems about overcoming this obstacle or that."
-Las Vegas Review Journal (Nov.3 2006)
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AVA reviewed in Albany Times Union
Posted 2/15/2007 by Suretone
"It's a rarity when a big band's post project becomes better than the original unit, [but] it does happen... The crowd went absolutely nuts... A Little Is Enough" was the best of the lot, with power, depth and conviction. "
-David Malachowski, Albany Times Union
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AVA reviewed in Beaver County Times
Posted 2/15/2007 by Suretone
"Taking the name Angels & Airwaves and creating a logo that looked like the letters "A-V-A," (DeLonge's daughter is named Ava), they started making music influenced by their heroes...Most important, Angels and Airwaves agreed to experiment and evolve."<br>Beaver County Times (Nov. 13 2006)
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AVA reviewed in Central Daily Times
Posted 2/15/2007 by Suretone
"Onstage, DeLonge preached an infectious message of positive mental attitude and believing in oneself while he marched, gadded and shuffled about the stage with a dance style that was a combination of Jack Sparrow, cabaret singer and Prince.
Grinning ear to ear, the former pop-punk pioneer seemed to channel the spirit of the next generation's Bono or Sting, a perfect complement to the powerful, bloated and catchy rock that he gave the crowd of young Blink fans in attendance."
- Dennis Fallon, Centre Daily Times
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AVA reviewed in Punkpress.online
Posted 1/1/2007 by Suretone
"The album is quite a deviation from DeLonge's or any of the band members' previous work. It brings to mind more of an 80's sound, which has proved to be timeless. The production, thanks to Delonge and ex-Nine Inch Nails bassist/A Perfect Circle guitarist Danny Lohner, gives the album a dynamic arena rock sound. Many moments are reminiscent of classic bands such as U2, The Cure, and Pink Floyd, while still maintaining DeLonge's distinguished vocals. Imagine those aforementioned bands mixed with Boxcar Racer and Blink-182's last eponymous album. While the latter seemed to have scattered sounds and influences throughout (which may have attributed to Blink's hiatus), We Don't Need To Whisper flows solidly together as one piece, making it a stronger and thus superior album in my opinion."
-Alex, punkpressonline.com
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Woodie of the Year!
Posted 11/2/2006 by Suretone
mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, announced the artists college students selected as winners of the 2006 "mtvU Woodie Awards" - the only awards honoring the music voted best by the college audience.
2006 Woodie of the Year Winner (Artist of the Year):
Angels & Airwaves
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AVA On Tour
Posted 11/1/2006 by Suretone
Angels and Airwaves are on tour with The Sounds this November in a town near you. Click here to check out all of the upcoming dates...
11/3 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
11/4 - Salt Lake City, UT - Salt Air Theater
11/6 - Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown
11/7 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
11/8 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
11/10 - Dekalb, IL - Northern Illinois University
11/11 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
11/12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Ice Garden Arena
11/14 - Albany, NY - The Armory
11/15 - Sayerville, NJ - Starland
11/17 - Providence, RI - Lupo's
11/18 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
11/19 - University Park, PA - Bryce Jordan Center
11/21 - Hartford, CT - Webster Hall
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